Portadown perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Ballyclare Comrades can look both up and down from their 8th position.
Ballyclare Comrades could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only three sleeps ago.
Portadown form and stats
This stadium, Shamrock Park, has been a fortress for Portadown in the Championship so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 11-2-1. The Portadown fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Shamrock Park and will expect new points from this game. Portadown has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
Portadown shared the glory with Ards in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Queen's University in a game that was won 7-1.
Portadown are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (40 goals in 14 games). Portadown are not conceding a lot of goals here at Shamrock Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 14 matches.
Ballyclare Comrades form and stats
Ballyclare Comrades have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-3-6 (12 played).
Ballyclare Comrades might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Knockbreda proved too strong as Ballyclare Comrades slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Dixon Park. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Loughgall.
The travelling fans enjoy Ballyclare Comrades's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Ballyclare Comrades concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ballyclare Comrades - Portadown 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portadown six wins, zero draws and Ballyclare Comrades four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Portadown missing players
Ballyclare Comrades missing players
| Portadown | Ballyclare Comrades | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 70 | 40 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 48 |
| 28 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 31 | 48 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 82% |
| 62% | 64% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 41% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 58% | 39% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 32% |
| 52% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 50% |
| 45% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 32% |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0.7 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | 17 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 18 | 64 |
| 27 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| 130% | 133% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 78% | 79% |
- Ballyclare Comrades have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portadown has the fewest conceded goals (8) at home
- Portadown has the most clean sheets (13)
- Portadown has the most clean sheets (8) at home
- Portadown has the most points (35) at home
- Portadown has the most points from losing position (12)
- Portadown has the most scored goals (70)
- Portadown has the most scored goals in the second half (46)
- Portadown has the the best goal difference (+32) at home
- Portadown has the the best goal difference (+42)
- Portadown have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portadown have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portadown have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ballyclare Comrades have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portadown | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | Ballinamallard United | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 35 | 54 |
| 3 | Loughgall | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 20 | 53 |
| 4 | Newry City AFC | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 25 | 47 |
| 5 | Ards | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 46 |
| 6 | Dundela | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 42 |
| 7 | H&W Welders | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | -7 | 35 |
| 8 | Ballyclare Comrades | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Queen's University | 28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 56 | 62 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 32 | -6 | 34 |
| 10 | Dergview | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 23 |
| 11 | PSNI | 27 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 36 | 88 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 48 | -52 | 23 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 81 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 42 | -52 | 19 |